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Script needed to delete a folder

Need script to delete a folder forcefully from all machines.

this folder can be on any of the drives that a computer has .

E.g the Folder1 may be on C: on server1 but on D: on Server 2

The requirement is to look for this folder where it is and delete it except if it on E:

Bill Prew

Will you have a file listing all computers to remove the folder from that the VBS script will read?

You want to remove the folder even if it is not empty I assume?

~bp

MOQINFRA

ASKER

Yes want to remove the folder even if it is empty.

I will send the script out to all computers using SCCM or Group Policy or psexec

Bill Prew

And just to clarify, will the folder always be in the root of the drive(s) we want to remove it from, or could it be a subfolder beneath any other subfolders on the drive (adds more processing time naturally)?

~bp

MOQINFRA

ASKER

The folder is on the root of the drive

MOQINFRA

ASKER

Any update

Bill Prew

Sorry, been tied up on a few other things, but will work this today.

~bp

Bill Prew

Will you be running this with Admin privs on the servers?

~bp

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MOQINFRA

ASKER

I changed the folder to C:\Tmp

And while i ran this , it returned all the folders on the computer

Bill Prew

Not sure what you mean. Did you change:

strDeleteFolder = "Temp"

to:

strDeleteFolder = "Tmp"

or:

strDeleteFolder = "C:\Tmp"

or something else? The last one won't work, you only want the name of the folder you are looking for there, not the drive letter, since we are searching many drives.

Also, notice the:

' Set logging level (0=none, 1=basic, 2=full)
intLogging = 2

near the top. With that set at 2, you will see all folders that the script checks, that's for debugging. You can change it to 1 to reduce the debug displays, or right to 0 to not display anything except the folders it finds to delete.

~bp

MOQINFRA

ASKER

Thank you